Two protests Saturday drew out hundreds in the Capital Area to oppose the Catahoula Crunch immigration sweep, which led to people being detained by Border Patrol agents around Baton Rouge.

First, dozens of protesters gathered around 11 a.m. at the base of the Huey P. Long statue on the Capitol grounds to hold signs and shout chants criticizing the sweep.

"A mean goal for today was pushing back against this climate of fear," said Jade Woods, a spokesperson for the Mision Migrante coalition, a network of citizen volunteers, community leaders and attorneys that hosted the Capitol protest.

"With all of the raids happening and the fact that there's so little transparent information about it, it's easy to see how that climate can brew fear when there are, you know, masked agents and unmarke

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